I agree, I really just want to play through the game with my friend. I wouldnt even mind having to do the boss twice (once for him and once for me) If i could just invite him to my game instead of having to do the summoning system. Even in Demon Souls it was easier, just went to an out of sight place and plunked it down.

Isn't it a pretty shitty port? Do the mods fix it? I might consider getting it if it is fixable.

Edit: everything works great. Awesome game. Definitely need to use a controller. I had some issues configuring my ps2controller properly, but nothing that couldn't be fixed with an xbox360 controller emulator.

You can't change the fact that it's much easier to play on a controller.

You could fix the mouse controls so they aren't weird simulated joystick movements.

I enjoy using a controller for most of the game, but it's awful for trying to use the bows; I'd like to be able to switch over to the mouse for shooting. The problem is that the mouse is just simulated joystick movements, so it's all fucked up.

If I understand it right, that would require editing things much deeper than DSFix currrently fixes, in such a way that at least steam would complain about your files being corrupt, and possibly even GFWL(doubt it though).

Lolnope, it's possible, and apparently, has been done. See gurgatron's reply to this comment.

Made by a guy named lebbers on Steam Forums. A couple of the guys in the original DSfix thread over on Neogaf swear by it, say it's now the definitive Dark Souls experience. You can use the mouse wheel to change targets front to back and L Ctrl to snap left and right to targets. He's working on adding keyboard prompts now....haven't tried it myself yet though, waiting to build a new PC.

Apparently that fix does not do anything to the jittery simulated joystick movement which is precisely the main issue with mouse controls in the first place. I'm still not yet convinced it's feasible to have smooth, quality mouse/keyboard controls for Dark Souls.

People have been throwing around the "shitty port" description far too liberally.

The game runs and works perfectly, even without mods. The only "negative" is that you should use a controller.

If you want to play a "shitty port" I welcome you to play Saints Row 2 on the PC. If you want to experience Dark Souls exactly how it is on the consoles, but with added DLC, buy it on the PC. If you want to experience Dark Souls with better graphics, apply DSFix.

Well, and that it renders at 720p and upscales to whatever resolution you play at, making it look terrible at high resolution (it also lagged a lot for me, which interestingly enough it doesn't now that i have it rendering at 1920x1200). Doesn't really bother me too much since there was a fix for it released almost instantly.

From what I read its a "good port" in that roughly the same FPS can be seen across all areas (when compared to console) and no huge new bugs were added. Its a "bad port" in that nothing was done to take advantage of the pc, i.e. custom layouts, robust video settings, resolution adjustments etc.

There are no saves in the sense that there is not an option to save the game whenever you want. The game saves at very frequent intervals however. The game is quite difficult though; at least at first. I recommend doing your first play through without the help of the internet or buddies although it might be unavoidable.

Did I? I didn't even think to check back. Yeah, hell has no wrath compared to the people who praise Gabe Newell as a god. I pop into /r/gaming sometimes because occasionally there's some funny stuff, but it's still fucking gabe and/or memes.

Im gonna get downvoted to oblivion, but anyone else getting tired of this blind idolization of Gabe Newell? I get it, he's cool. Guess what, thousands of people contribute making great games, maybe show them some respect. I'm starting to hate this subreddit...

Now drool, console zealots: DS is a crappy port, no worries the community will fix its outdated graphics and mouse controls. And in the meanwhile they will allow you to customize textures because wtf, they can.